- First Name(s):CyrilGeorge
- Surname:YOUNG
- Service Number:PSSX17476
- Rank:
Leading Seaman
- Conflict:WW2
- Service:Navy
- Naval Service:Royal Navy
- Ship:HMS Barham
- Former Units:None
- Date of Death:25th November 1941
- Age At Death:
- Cause of Death:Killed in action
- Place of Death:Unknown
- Place of Burial:Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 47, Column 1.
- Place of Birth:Unknown
- Home Town:Unknown
- Casualty's Relatives:
Son of Leonard Sydney Young and Alice Young nee Moore of Pershore
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Listed on Pershore Abbey as George Young under Royal Navy
Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 1 Now in Pershore High School as George Young with the additional information: of Pershore Died at sea, 25th November 1941, commemorated in Westminster & Pershore Abbey
Pershore County Senior School Roll of Honour No 2 Now in Pershore High School as George Young with the additional information: of Pershore Royal Navy Died at sea 25th November 1941 Commemorated in Westminster & Pershore Abbey
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HMS Barham was hit on the port side by three torpedoes from the German submarine U-331. Her magazine exploded within minutes and she sank rapidly with the loss of over 860 lives. The enormous black cloud from the explosion covered her sinking so the Germans were unaware of the loss of the ship, allowing the Admiralty to generate false intelligence. The families of those killed were notified and requested not to discuss the loss of the battleship with anyone. The loss of the ship was finally announced by the Admiralty on 27th January 1942.
Cyril Young has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial as C.G. Young.
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